Tag Archives: Section 8

Where a hearing officer upheld the Boston Housing Authority’s decision to terminate a Section 8 voucher, that ruling should be upheld based on a police report of illegal activity. A Housing Court judgment in the tenant’s favor is reversed. “On ...

Where a judgment was entered for the plaintiff landlords in a summary process proceeding, a remand is necessary on the issue of (1) the amount of rent owed and (2) whether the plaintiffs violated G.L.c. 93A by collecting amounts not ...

Where a plaintiff’s Section 8 voucher was terminated after a police search revealed marijuana, a firearm and ammunition in her apartment, the evidence of criminal activity constituted a serious lease violation justifying the termination of her participation in the Section ...

Where the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) terminated the housing assistance benefits of a physically disabled and mentally ill senior citizen, that was a violation of his right to due process. “… [W]e affirm the judgment of the Housing Court in ...

Where the Revere Housing Authority decided to terminate the plaintiff’s Section 8 rental subsidy voucher, a remand is in order because the hearing officer failed to exercise his discretionary authority to consider mitigating circumstances. “In this case, the hearing officer’s ...

Where a respondent landlord declined to rent an apartment to a complainant holder of a Section 8 rental subsidy voucher after learning that the property would need to be repaired in order to comply with Section 8 requirements, the respondent must be held liable for housing discrimination and be ordered to pay the complainant $5,000.

Where the complainant alleges that the respondent did not rent her an apartment because she was a recipient of a Section 8 rental subsidy, the matter must be dismissed because the record is devoid of any evidence that the respondent rejected the complainant for reasons related to her Section 8 status.

Where the owners of five multifamily housing rental projects sued the defendant Maine State Housing Authority for breach of contract, alleging that the defendant had wrongfully refused to grant them certain annual increases in their Section 8 payments, the defendant has acted permissibly under the “overall limitation” clauses in each of the plaintiffs’ housing assistance payments contracts.

Where a defendant has moved to dismiss all counts asserted against it by a plaintiff tenant, the plaintiff’s allegations — of discrimination, negligence, breach of the warranty of habitability, interference with her right to quiet enjoyment and failure to provide utilities (G.L.c. 186, §14) — are sufficient to withstand the dismissal motion.

Where respondent landlords refused to rent an apartment to a complainant because of her status as a Section 8 recipient, the respondents must be held liable for the complainant’s emotional distress and be ordered each to pay the commonwealth a $5,000 penalty.